Category Archives: The Voting Wars

“Iowa governor signs controversial law shortening early and Election Day voting”

March 9, 2021, 6:57 amabsentee ballots, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

CNN: Republican Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Monday signed into law a controversial bill aimed at limiting voting and making it harder for voters to return absentee ballots, her office announced Monday.The legislation, which passed both Republican-controlled chambers… Continue reading

“In Georgia, Republicans Take Aim at Role of Black Churches in Elections”

March 7, 2021, 4:06 pmThe Voting Wars, Voting Rights ActRick Hasen

NYT article, with the subhead: “New proposals by the G.O.P.-controlled Legislature have targeted Sunday voting, part of a raft of measures that could reduce the impact of Black voters in the state.”

“Fight Over Voting Rules Revs Up in Georgia”

February 8, 2021, 7:12 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

WSJ reports.

“After Record Turnout, Republicans Are Trying to Make It Harder to Vote”

January 31, 2021, 8:54 pmchicanery, fraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Michael Wines for the NYT: In Georgia, Arizona and other states won by President Biden, some leading Republicans stood up in November to make what, in any other year, would be an unremarkable statement: The race is over. And we… Continue reading

“In wake of 2020 election, state GOP lawmakers aim to change election laws”

January 25, 2021, 8:26 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

CBS News reports.

“State Republicans push new voting restrictions after Trump’s loss”

January 25, 2021, 7:45 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Zach Montellaro for Politico: Republican legislators across the country are preparing a slew of new voting restrictions in the wake of former President Donald Trump’s defeat.Georgia will be the focal point of the GOP push to change state election laws,… Continue reading

Michigan: “Benson refuses to testify at House hearing, says committee ‘wounding our democracy'”

December 17, 2020, 12:23 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Detroit Free Press: Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has refused an invitation to testify before a House legislative committee, arguing the committee’s previous hearings with Rudy Giuliani and others show lawmakers are focused more on politics and undermining election… Continue reading

Ned Foley: “Is Texas v. Pennsylvania an obituary for Bush v. Gore?”

December 12, 2020, 4:12 pmBush v. Gore reflections, Supreme Court, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

The following is a guest post by Ned Foley, on the 20th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Bush v. Gore: On the evening before the twentieth anniversary of Bush v. Gore, one of the most infamous Supreme Court… Continue reading

“Wisconsin Supreme Court shows divisions as it hears Trump lawsuit seeking to overturn state’s election”

December 12, 2020, 3:59 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Patrick Marley: he state Supreme Court showed deep divisions Saturday as it contemplated a final push by President Donald Trump to throw out Democrat Joe Biden’s narrow win in Wisconsin. The arguments — a rarity on a weekend — came amid… Continue reading

VoteBeat: “The coming fight over the future of voting”

December 9, 2020, 7:49 amfraudulent fraud squad, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Votebeat: The extraordinary 2020 election served as a grand experiment in voting and tested local governments in myriad ways. The next general elections likely won’t take place during a pandemic, but some expanded access to the vote could be here… Continue reading

“Republicans Pushed to Restrict Voting. Millions of Americans Pushed Back.”

December 5, 2020, 2:35 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

Important NYT report: The shifts that led to this year’s surge in voting, in particular the broad expansion of voting options and the prolonged period for casting ballots, could forever alter elections and political campaigns in America, providing a… Continue reading

Running List of Reasons the Trump Campaign’s Latest Pennsylvania Lawsuit Won’t Succeed and Won’t Affect the Election Outcome

November 10, 2020, 7:56 amThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

I’ve been getting a lot of press queries about the latest Trump filing in Pennsylvania, this one in federal court, seeking to delay the certification of the vote. I don’t have time to write up a full analysis, but I’m… Continue reading

“Democracy Worked This Year. But It is Under Threat”

November 8, 2020, 9:01 amElection Meltdown, The Voting WarsRick Hasen

Emily Bazelon in the NYT Magazine: America’s pandemic election was a remarkable, unlikely feat. “The challenges and obstacles were perhaps the highest in history, or at least since the Spanish Flu in 1918, and we saw fewer problems than… Continue reading

“Trump Says He Will Keep Fighting as Aides Doubt Path Forward; President’s advisers point fingers over campaign’s legal strategy”

November 6, 2020, 3:22 pmThe Voting WarsRick Hasen

WSJ: President Trump said Friday he would continue to fight election results that showed him on the cusp of losing to former Vice President Joe Biden. Privately, people familiar with the conversations say, advisers are urging him to prepare… Continue reading